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Zoroastrian

ZOROASTER

628 BC. AD - 551 BC

Zardasht was the founder of Zoroastrianism, a religion that lasted for 2,500 years and still has followers today.

Our information about the life of Zoroaster. Poor and incomplete information, but it appears that he was born around the year 628 in what is now called northern Iran, and our knowledge of his first life, and he was preaching his new religion when he was young, and he was met with many oppositions at first, but when he reached the age of forty, he succeeded in converting one of the kings to his new religion, and thus the king became his friend and protector, according to tradition Persian, Zardasht lived until the seventy-seventh, and therefore his death was around the year 551 BC.

The Zoroastrian religion is an interesting mixture of monotheism and deuteronomy, and Zoroastrian believes that there is one god he calls (Ahormazda) (the wise master) and he encourages truth and honesty. But the Zoroastrians believe in the existence of an evil spirit called (Ahriman), which represents evil and lies. In the world there is a constant struggle between the forces of (Ahura Mazda) on the one hand and (Ahriman) on the other hand, and every person is free to follow (Ahura Mazda) or (Ahriman), and the Zoroastrians believe that (Ahura Mazda) will finally win. Their teachings also include a strong belief in an afterlife.

From a moral point of view, Zadashtism emphasizes the importance of truth and honesty * * and it does not agree with asceticism, asceticism, or non-marriage. Zoroastrians practice interesting religious rituals, including respect for fire. For example, there is a sacred fire always burning in the Zoroastrian temples, and one of the distinctive characteristics is also their treatment of the dead, who are not buried or burned, but are placed on top of high towers to be eaten by vultures (and birds strip the bones of the flesh within a few hours, usually).

Although Zoroastrianism has common characteristics with the ancient Iranian religions. However, it appears that it did not spread widely during the life of Rozdasht. But the areas that Zoroaster preached were annexed to the Persian Empire by Cyrus in the middle of the sixth century BC, around the time of Zoroaster's death. During the next two centuries, the Persian kings embraced the doctrine of Razadast, which won many followers, but suffered a great setback after the fall of the Persian Empire at the hands of Alexander the Great. After the emergence of the Sasanian family (226-651 AD), Zoroastrianism flourished and became the official religion of the state.